New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-23
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
rhoodo,a Uavers ia the real name OF the lacy VINO
,,ites under the pseuuonym Of "Theo Gh'.' 'ne
Al be, ,leyere.t noveA Is " Lii Lor1mcr' teco"u
land inexpensve) edition OF which was brought OUT
the other day by Appleton.
Literary hercsy. N. Tame is not the only French
man wno has beeu snecIing at the shade vi VICTOR
Hugo. Here comes NJ jules LemaItre, one OF '''o
Gle, crest critics i'll France who contends 'hat hugo
dramas tire out the public as well as literary eopie,
l Goes 40 far as 10 predict that before tbe emu VI
The centrry-.hat IL to say, in about twelve years
tme-the poets theatrical pieces Will ohiy count 90
, =, ns bot il shows more wisdom than does the
indseriminate worship which has been foured iorth
upon what is silly and hysterieal IN HuSos "ii"s''
a. we'll az upon what is really great IN thein
No author has ever been invariably ana evenly
great in his work and there is really no'h'ng Tess
s..,.,;nn % an outhor than such gushing laudation
as was given to Hugo by the frenchmeh Vi '"''
generation.
N Taine-why. BY the ~ay do the London jour
.,;s,. n.r.;st in calling him Henri when his name
:. H,nuolyte l-has been hedging on his recent
.,,.e,ents in regard 10 the literary greatness OF
Errli,bmen No critic in any literature. he minis,
eau be compared TO sante-Dtuv 'no wv nc nos
,nwerful creator OF character slnce ShaEespeaie'
and f.e writer's and nk,rs-baizac, otcuuun.'
Raiu fe-K
tSe men who since Montesquieu have contributed thc
most TO knowedge OF human nature ana society, Du'
for all this, conscience Cblacs NJ. ialnc " S
cdae anew that English poetry, lyrIc ana utsc,'p-
tive poetry es ccially from Byron Meals anu Shcae!
down TO Tennyson and The two Brow nings Ii 'he ns'
In Europe.
Durinr the past three months instruction has been
eiyen Systematically to the students OF the schoo'
OF photography founded by the trustees OF Columbia
College. Various noted librarians have delivered
lectures j. s. 81 lin s, librarian IN the surgeon
Cener II Office at Washington lectured March ~ and
was followed by DR.. Ninton Oh the college, Oh NcW-
Jersey The latter took Tor rope d mo" having av on
the title page indication oil date place. vi P'".i
IL wac cred,able to the cass that at tue end " q
day full OF work they sat two hours WIN HAeu i
a., Mr. Dewey the Librarian OF Columbia College:
expressed wish that the lecture III gh bo repeated
before general audience III orier 10 convince e. hon
professional people that something more is 10 We
done in library beyond taking account OF s,9ch,
and that learning and research are Indispensable i'll
giving proper account OF It's contents
TIE article in which The Pail Mall Gazette
accuses Mr. Rider Hagcard OF plagiatizing She
from Tom MooIe's "Epic ;rean lie at hand aud
prov es to be foolish one he writer ials 10 make
out any case worth consideration
Quotations from He the parody Oh She by
Andrew Lang and anotter-wi net convince Inc
American mind that Mr. Langs wit IS nnusuay
n;mble One lest reads thus: 1t was night yet
dark as a day OH the Loudun nags wheh the io-
creeps silently about your feet and rising rom ut.tI
bIackuess grows white and winter III ITS ascent, III
II coils round your neck, white choSer! me 2est
bjt of actual parody is in the use made oil the Deah
from the setting sun, which IN She came suddenly
Nj en the party in lie y have let themselves down
by nj hit through the skyg bt into the Egyptian hall
g" HUSH cried Jan ofes, II CONES oro shaft o,
yellow light streaming IRON an unknown cen,ic, en-
searcL ing out the recesses OF tue cavern. DO SUI
as you value your Liberty, whsper7u '""''0''
Bob is on his beat
A translation 10Y Clara Bell of Professor Eberss
Bride OF Toe Nile" vii be broagh out on Saturday
by W. s. Gottsbcrser.
A correspondent of The London News writes
co1cernng rhymes -" When was fehooioo'
vome sixty years ago. the following rhyme lwh'ch was
attributed t. Sheridan was current among my school
fellows King George " having asked sheridan iof
rhyme to the word porrnger the latter S"id'
What's a rbyue ForrD.ert
The King ne had ada ,au u; n,l,. lar for
Ianmau's familiar and useful Biographical Annals
of the Civil Government OF the United States has just
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degree OF perfection to which such work mas at
tanned be determined only through the ua'S use
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this new edition OF the aOnals FURNISHES aouinant
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When the late Paul Feval first arrived in Paris,
boy OF tweaty he almost starved TO death The fTst
piece OF luck which be met with 10 obtain pace
as clerk at a very meagre salary in money lender
Office The histories OF his masters clients were 30
astounding that. he said bmseii. he had only to
list and 1--WE the rein 10 his pen to become novel
\ ist When at the surers a DIS ressed piooiieacer
to whom be showed kindness obtained Tor him an en-
cacement similar TO his on new and struggling
literary reputation who FURNISHED vaudeviles 10 GER
tain theatres written as il by themselves. but IN re-
ality by needy authors Paul Feval did job work Tor
them, aud " time mere hack writer An
orr nal move by him caught the public caste and
he wns then engaged TO write feulletons tor Tour
different Journals. For ten veafs he Kept neck-ahd-
neck in sensational invention with Eugene Sue